In this two-part episode devoted to EYIMOFE (THIS IS MY DESIRE): a Q&A from our July 23rd opening night screening with co-director Arie Esiri and producer Melissa Adeyemo, moderated by premieres programmer Mike Maggiore. EYIMOFE, the Esiri Brothers’ powerful debut feature, is a portrait of life in their native Lagos, Nigeria through the stories of two aspirational individuals navigating the vast, vibrant, and often unforgiving city. Please check www.filmforum.org for the showtime...

Film Forum Presents a conversation around TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION, a new documentary that explores the intertwined lives of two icons of 20th century American literature and culture: Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. For the event, filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland was joined by actors Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto, who perform the writings of Capote and Williams via voiceover. TRUMAN & TENNESSEE is now playing. For showtimes and tickets, please visit...

Film Forum Presents a conversation with Maria Sødahl, writer and director of the new film HOPE, and the film’s stars, Stellan Skarsgård and Andrea Bræin Hovig. Based on Sødahls’ real life experiences, HOPE centers on a couple played by Skarsgård and Hovig whose relationship is tested by crisis. The acclaimed drama was Norway’s official submission to the 2021 Oscars for Best International Feature Film. This episode’s event was co-presented by the Bellevue Literary Review, with editor-in-chief Da

Film Forum Presents a discussion around the acclaimed new documentary WOJNAROWICZ: F**K YOU F*GGOT F**KER with director Chris McKim and editor Dave Stanke. The film explores the life, work, and legacy of visionary queer artist and activist David Wojnarowicz via a dynamic collage of clips, images, interviews, and many recordings of his own voice. The event was co-presented by New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, and moderated by the artist and activist Leo...

In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with filmmaker Ray Yeung about his new film, TWILIGHT’S KISS, co-presented by NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization. TWILIGHT’S KISS is a moving, naturalistic portrait of late-in-life romance between two Hong Kong men whose relationship is challenged by social prejudices and familial expectations. The event was moderated by Nick McCarthy, Director of Programming for NewFest. Photo by Viola Gaskell for Zolima CityMag.

In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Oeke Hoogendijk, filmmaker of the new documentary MY REMBRANDT, moderated by Adam Eaker, Assistant Curator, European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. MY REMBRANDT provides a rare glimpse inside the small and eccentric world of private Rembrandt owners.  The film is currently available for rental in Film Forum’s Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. Photo courtesy of Strand Releasing.

In this episode, Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Hao Wu, one of the three directors of the new film 76 DAYS. The Gotham Award-nominated documentary follows the doctors and patients in four hospitals across Wuhan, China in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. 76 DAYS is now available for rental in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. The Q&A was moderated by IndieWire’s Senior Film Critic, David Ehrlich. Photo courtesy of MTV Documentary Films.

Film Forum Presents a panel discussion around Tania Cypriano’s new documentary BORN TO BE. BORN TO BE is an illuminating and deeply empathetic portrait of the trailblazing Dr. Jess Ting and his courageous transgender and non-binary patients at Mt. Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City. BORN TO BE is available for rental in Film Forum’s virtual cinema at www.filmforum.org.

Film Forum Presents a Q&A with the legendary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about his latest documentary, CITY HALL, moderated by MoMA film curator Josh Siegel on November 1. An inspiring portrait of democracy at work, CITY HALL explores the inner-workings of the city government of Wiseman’s native Boston. The film is Wiseman’s 45th, and the 14th to open at Film Forum, making him the most often-premiered filmmaker in our 50-year history.

Film Forum presents Catherine Gund’s AGGIE. AGGIE is the story of the director’s mother, the philanthropist, collector, and MoMA Board President Emerita Agnes Gund. Today’s episode features a Q&A with two Art for Justice grantees: the poet, writer and curator Mahogany L. Browne and Adnan Khan, executive director and founder of the prison reform organization Restore Justice. We were also joined by producer Tanya Selvaratnam, who produced AGGIE. The Q&A was moderated by scholar and...

Film Forum Presents a conversation around Ric Burns’s new film, OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, organized and co-presented with the Bellevue Literary Review. The film chronicles the life and legacy of the celebrated physician, author and professor of neurology Oliver Sacks. The discussion was moderated by Danielle Ofri, Editor-in-Chief of the Bellevue Literary Review. OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE is now available for rental in our virtual cinema at www.filmforum.org.

Film Forum Presents a Q&A between two boundlessly creative women - Jan Oxenberg and her longtime friend, Winnie Holzman, creator of My So-Called Life and prolific writer for stage and screen (including the book for Wicked). THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT is Oxenberg’s wildy imaginative, deeply personal, and surprisingly funny doc about the death of her beloved grandmother. The movie is available for rental in our virtual cinema at www.filmforum.org. A portion of all rental fees support Film Forum.

Film Forum Presents a wide-ranging conversation with Werner Herzog, the iconic filmmaker behind some of the greatest and most fabled documentaries and feature films of the last five decades. Film Forum has premiered more of Herzog’s films than almost any other filmmaker in our 50 year history. Herzog’s latest documentary NOMAD retraces the life of the author and the places he wrote about, including locations in South America, Australia, and Europe. The Q&A was moderated by Mike Maggiore.

Film Forum Presents a conversation with A THOUSAND CUTS filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz and its subject, the Filipino-American investigative journalist Maria Ressa. The film follows Ressa, whose fearless critiques of The Philippines’ autocratic President Rodrigo Duterte recently resulted in an alleged “cyber libel" conviction punishable by up to six years in prison. A THOUSAND CUTS is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum.

Film Forum Presents a Q&A with Gero von Boehm, filmmaker of the new documentary HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, and the legendary actor-model-filmmaker Isabella Rossellini. The film explores the life and work of fashion photographer Helmut Newton, whose sexually-charged work often toed the line between art and exploitation. HELMUT NEWTON: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film...

We at Film Forum join the rest of the world in mourning the passing of Representative John Lewis on July 17. Lewis was a giant of the Civil Rights Movement and a true American hero. In this episode, dedicated to his memory, Film Forum Presents an interview with filmmaker Dawn Porter, whose acclaimed documentary JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE is now playing in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. The conversation, with Film Forum’s deputy director, Sonya Chung, was recorded on July 10.

We at Film Forum were sad to learn of the recent passing of Kevin Rafferty, a masterful documentary filmmaker. His movies were brilliantly researched and edited. All five of his films premiered at Film Forum. Kevin came to Film Forum to support the re-release of his 1982 hit film, THE ATOMIC CAFE. In memory of Kevin Rafferty, Film Forum Presents a special encore episode featuring that evening’s Q&A with Rafferty and his co-directors Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty.

Film Forum presents a Q&A with Emmy-winning actor/producer Elisabeth Moss and filmmaker Josephine Decker about their new drama SHIRLEY. In the film, Moss stars as the brilliant, prickly horror writer Shirley Jackson whose meticulous routine and strained marriage are interrupted when a young pair of newlyweds show up on her doorstep. SHIRLEY is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. The Q&A was moderated by Mark Olsen, a film writer for the...

Film Forum Presents a Q&A with award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson and producer Laurens Grant following a screening of their film THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION from September 2, 2015, moderated by Sabrina Gordon of the Black Documentary Collective. The documentary chronicles the rise and fall of The Black Panthers – a group and movement whose aims and struggles resonate as strongly today as they did 50 years ago. Photo by Laura Bregman

Film Forum Presents the artist Ursula von Rydingsvard and Daniel Traub, filmmaker of the new documentary URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: INTO HER OWN. Von Rydingsvard is one of the world’s greatest artists – and one among a small group of women – working in monumental sculpture. The film is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum. Molly Donovan, Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC...

Film Forum Presents a conversation between the Oscar-winning actress and filmmaker Lee Grant and the celebrated artist and drag performer Charles Busch. Their talk followed a December 2019 screening of Grant’s groundbreaking 1985 film WHAT SEX AM I?, which was part of a series devoted to her work. Grant’s Academy Award-winning DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum. Photo by Anthony Fairall.

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker introduces this week’s episode that features excerpts from two special events from our recent run of WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL. In the first excerpt, Director Rob Garver and Composer Rick Baitz discuss the origins of the film; in the second, we have Premieres Programmer Mike Maggiore in conversation with film critic Owen Gleiberman. WHAT SHE SAID is currently available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema, at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees...

Film Forum presents a Q&A with Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujicǎ from 11/15/19, following a screening of his film VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION. VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION will be available for rental in our Virtual Cinema beginning this Friday, 5/29. Special thanks to the Making Waves Film festival and Cinema Projects for making this episode possible. All rental fees support Film Forum. Special thanks to the Making Waves Film festival and Cinema Projects for making this episode possible....

Film Forum Presents an excerpt from a fascinating round-table discussion about the new documentary, CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, based on economist Thomas Piketty’s explosive bestselling book of the same name, presented by The New Republic. The roundtable was moderated by The New Republic Editor Chris Lehmann. CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY is available for rental in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. All rental fees support Film Forum.

Film Forum Presents a conversation between D.W. Young, director of the new documentary portrait of the rare book trade, THE BOOKSELLERS, and two of the film’s subjects – Heather O’Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers and Rebecca Romney of Type Punch Matrix – recorded especially for the podcast. THE BOOKSELLERS is available for home viewing in our Virtual Cinema at www.filmforum.org. (D.W. Young photo by Melanie Metz; Heather O’Donnell photo by Dave Pappas; Rebecca Romney photo by Peter Bolte)